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Creating Africatown In Seattle's Central District

A mural at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District of Seattle.
Flickr Photo/404era (CC BY NC ND 2.0)/https://flic.kr/p/98YbKR
A mural at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District of Seattle.

Bill Radke speaks with Wyking Garrett about his vision to create an Africatown -- akin to a Chinatown or International District -- in Seattle. Garrett sees Africatown as a way to expand and preserve the African-American identity of Seattle's Central District. 

 

Year started with KUOW: 1985 – 1986, 1991 – 2004, 2012